Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-03
him; we had no talk about lynching any
THOMAS GARDINER

Hlul' We nRu no lllh about l9H'uluS "hS |
one.
THOMAS GARDINER
recalled. When speaking Of seeing the
women Ralston told Inc he was not posi-
tive that he had seen Mrs. Baker on Mon
day: he stated it without my asking and .
repeated it; he seemed in 4 sort Of study |
over the matter and Just raised up and |
said: Il am not positive abOut it
y. II. KEAGGIE.
was one Ofthe cOroner'S Jury and was
present ON the commons and heard Samuel |
Ralston say that lac would not he positive
about Mrs Babrr having bonnet on,
hut he thought she had this was said be
fore several Of the coroner's jury; the two
men who were detained for the murder
huardrd AT my house; they were there
Tuesday; they left ON Wednesday, and at
my instance Mr.. O'ToOle had them TO
come back; they remained there tour or
five days.
SAMUEL RALSTON
called back do not know Mrs. Hattie
Morrow nor MH Swcaringen; | don I !
recollect of any talk with them III which ! |
said ! saw Mrs. Baker after Baker left, |
and she had her sun bonnet on; and Mrs. !
Morrow said why how could you know |
Mrs. Baker at that distance with her sun !
bonnet on? and replied did see her, hut |
wished | never had and Mrs. Morrow |
said why you ought net TO say that, If you
saw ANYTHING you ought 10 tell it; | wish |
to explain about the bonnet; ! did see
Mrs. Baker in the afternoon in the orchard |
with her bonnet on, but when ! saw her IN
the backyard she was bareheaded.
MRS. MORROW,
of Steubenyille said was at my broth |
er's at the time of the murder; went to the
McWha house on Wednesday afternoon,
and met Mrs Swearinpen there; we had a |
conversation with Ralston; he said he saw
Eliza i'll the backyard about five o'clock
Oh Monday morning with her sun bon
net on; he seemed nervous and threw a
stick that he was whittling down and |
picked il up again, saying that he wished |
he had never known anything about II; |
| replied, il has happened now, and We all |
must tell what we know; he made no cX-
plamation to me about seeing woman in !
the orchard with bonnet on; have |
talked with Mr. McSwecney and Mr.. |
Brown about this case from three 10 five
minutes.
VAN BAKER,
recalled, stated / never said TO John
Crissinger or anyone else that Mrs. Baker |
and myself were ont IN the orchard, and |
| some one called when wc came back; Mrs. |
McWha said she had shut the door on them
and your wife said, why, mother il was
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Swcaringer and you
ought not to have done it,: ! would I've a
natural fool il | said such a thing.
JOHN CEISSINGER
said | called at the Jail and had 4 talk
with the defendant. The statement OF the
prisoner Just made was read. | had such a
conversation with him Just is stated; Rob !
ert Miskelly, Frank Smith and VIM. An
derson were with me when | talked with |
him.
The afternoon session opened with
JESSE CABLE
on the stand. | was a member of the cor
oner's Jury; was one of the men who cX-
amincd the position in which RalstOn said
he stood when he saw Mas. Baker: my i'm
preston is that Ralston said she had a
bonnet on.
/ Cross cXamined-I do not remember that
| he swore before the coroner's inquest that
she had no bonnet on.
DANIEL sWEARINGEN
! said live III Ohio, about three miles
| from Steuhenville; am acquainted with
| Baker; he paid me some money last spring;
my brother George was present; this was
at the corner of Fourth and Market streets;
at that time my son was ut home three
miles away; he wore glasses sometime in
March this year; since the murder he
wore them when he went to pittsburg to
consult physician; ! do not think he
wore them any in the meantime.
MRS. swEARINGEN
testified: was present when Mrs Nor
row had conversation with RalstOn on
the commons in front of the McWha house
| he said he saw Mrs Baker with Il sun bon
net on, about five o'clock on Monday even
| ing: he knew her bv her bonnet: | asked
if he PAW her face, and he said he did not
he was whiting stick which he SAID this
and threw it down nerv0usly; he added
| that he knew more about the case than he
wanted to; my son had been talking Ia
him and We came up and this conversation
ensued.
MIR. CUPs,
of Steubenvlle, said: ! am locomotive |
engineer; passed by Holidays Cove On |
the night Of May 9th between twelve and |
one o'clock; two men attracted my atten-
ton about five hundred and twenty icet !
,t. ,lt..I
other was small; the small one had cap |
on; when | passed by they turned their
backs To the train.
Col. Moore arose and offered in evidence
some Letters found in Bakers trunk, writ
ten to him by his wife while he was in the
west the purpose WAS 10 show the atiec-
tionate relations supposed to he existing
between Baker and his wife and mOther-in
law. The defense objected OH the ground
that the affection of Mrs Baker toward the
prisoner had no connection with his senti-
menttOward her.
DIR. WALKISSHAW
was called by the defense. am a practis-
| ingphysiclan; made IN examination of the
! bodies of Mrs. Baker aud Mrs McWha on
| Tuesday, May 10th; think il wa. about
] TWO CLOCK, lOuuu lIil Ile'I ihul llN
had already set IN; from the rgor
mOrtis no deiinited determination
can be reached aS to the period Of death;
from the appearance of the blood upon the
wounds could not approximate the time
of death; made the examination while
they were ont after the witnesses; the doe
tor described the wounds upon Mrs. Baker
and Mrs McWba substantially ~ has
heretofore been done he thought the in
! iurics must have been inflicted upon Mrs.
| Baker 10y some person standing behind
! her: did not see two ncised wounds on
! the back of Mrs McWha's head they
might have escaped my observation, !
don't think anyone could tell whether any
Of the wounds had been inflicted after
death; believe the wounds We're inflicted
with the left hand the injuries upon Mrs.
| McWha were made with some blunt in
4trument, don't know what IT was.
Cross examination: The principal in
Jury upon Mrs Baker WAS a long horizont-
al wound in the back part OF the head;